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Dorothy Day was an American journalist and social activist, born on November 8, 1897, and died on November 29, 1980. She is known for her focus on poverty and labor issues and is considered one of the leading figures in the American social justice movement of the 20th century.

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Famous Dorothy Day Quotes

“I was always much impressed, in reading prison memoirs of revolutionists, such as Lenin and Trotsky ... by the amount of reading they did, the languages they studied, the range of their plans for a better social order. (Or rather, for a new social order.) In the Acts of the Apostles there are constant references to the Way and the New Man.”

Men Way Order Reading Language Social Plans Amount Constant Prison Memoir Range Impressed Apostles Social Order Trotsky

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“Our rule is the works of mercy... It is the way of sacrifice, worship, a sense of reverence.”

Way Sacrifice Worship Mercy Reverence

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“We should live in such a way that our lives wouldn't make much sense if the gospel were not true.”

Ifs Way Should Our Lives

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“There could be a 'community of communities' rather than a state. They would be united in some way but without any governing body. It would be made up of unions, credit unions instead of banks. There would be no more lending at interest. There would be no more money lenders.”

Way Made States Body Would Be Interest Community United Unions Credit More Money Governing Lending Lenders Credit Unions Money Lenders

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“You can't write about things without doing them. You just have to live that same way.”

Way Writing

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“Some have more capacity. Some proceed a few steps along the way. But Christ seemed to love all men. He desired all to be saved.”

Men Way Christ Steps Capacity Saved

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“Maybe I was praying for him then, in my own way. Does God have a set way of prayer, a way that He expects each of us to follow? I doubt it. I believe some people-- lots of people-- pray through the witness of their lives, through the work they do, the friendships they have, the love they offer people and receive from people. Since when are words the only acceptable form of prayer?”

People Way Believe Doe Form I Believe My Own Prayer Doubt Praying Offers Witness Acceptable

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“Paperwork, cleaning the house, dealing with the innumerable visitors who come all through the day, answering the phone, keeping patience and acting intelligently, which is to find some meaning in all that happens-these things, too, are the works of peace, and often seem like a very little way.”

Way Littles Seems Happens House Acting Phones Cleaning Visitors Paperwork Clean House Answering The Phone

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“The only way to live in any true security is to live so close to the bottom that when you fall you do not have far to drop, you do not have much to lose.”

Way Fall Loses Security Bottom Way To Live

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“Certainly we disagree with the Communist Party, as we disagree with other political parties who are trying to maintain the American way of life.”

Way Trying Political Party Communist Disagree Political Parties Communist Party American Way Of Life

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“It is easier to have faith that God will support each House of Hospitality and Farming Commune and supply our needs in the way of food and money to pay bills, than it is to keep a strong, hearty, living faith in each individual around us - to see Christ in him.”

Way Needs House Individual Strong Christ Pay Support Easier Bills Gods Will Have Faith Hospitality Farming Communes Hearty

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“It is we ourselves that we have to think about, no one else. That is the way the saints worked. They paid attention to what they were doing, and if others were attracted to them by their enterprise, why, well and good. But they looked to themselves first of all.”

Ifs Thinking Way Firsts Wells Attention Paid Saint Enterprise

Book:House of hospitality

Source: House of hospitality

“I offered up a special prayer, a prayer which came with tears and anguish, that some way would open up for me to use what talents I possessed for my fellow workers, for the poor.”

Way Giving Use Prayer Poor Special Talent Tears Fellows Workers Possessed Philanthropy Anguish Fellow Workers

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“As we come to know the seriousness of the situation, the war, the racism, the poverty in our world, we come to realize that things will not be changed simply by words or demonstrations. Rather, it's a question of living one's life in a drastically different way.”

Knows World Way Different War Realizing Situation Poverty Changed Racism Different Ways Our World Seriousness Demonstration

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About the Author

Born: November 8, 1897
Died: November 29, 1980
Known for: Journalist
Quotes: 196

Books & Sources

On PilgrimageRelated source material

The Duty of Delight: The Diaries of Dorothy DayRelated source material

All the Way to Heaven: The Selected Letters of Dorothy DayRelated source material

The Reckless Way of Love: Notes on Following JesusRelated source material

House of hospitalityRelated source material

Praying in the Presence of Our Lord with Dorothy DayRelated source material

The Dorothy Day bookRelated source material

The Long LonelinessRelated source material

The Long Loneliness: The Autobiography of the Legendary Catholic Social Activist – A Greenwich Village Journalist's Conversion and Commitment to Peace and JusticeRelated source material

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